uretero-, ureter-
(Greek: urinary canal)
Either of two tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder; the walls of each ureter have three layers—a fibrous outer layer, a muscular middle layer, and an inner memberane and are supplied by blood vessels and nerves.
A surgical operation in which a connection between the pelvis and the ureter is created: Because Mr. Fisk was suffering from a blockage in the kidney, he underwent a ureteropyelostomy to allow normal urine drainage from the kidney.
ureteropyosis
ureterorectal
ureterorrhaphy
ureterorrhatgia
ureterostenosis
Stricture of a ureter.
The formation of a soma for a ureter or for a kidney: In medical school, Thomas learned about the procedure of a ureterostomy in which an opening is created for the discharge of urine from the ureter.
ureterotomy
ureteroureteral
A surgical procedure in which the two ureters are linked together: A ureteroureterostomy is important when a damaged, diseased, or obstructed section of the ureter needs to be bypassed.
ureterouterine
ureterovaginal
A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, indirectly, or partially with: "opening, hole, cavity, tract": alveolo-; antro-; anu-; celo-; coelio-; concho-; fenestra-; hernio-; hiat-; meato-; ora-; parieto-; poro-; pyl-, pyle-; pylor-; sphinctero-; splanchn-; stomato-; syringo-; urethro-; vagino-; ventricul-.
